FCCLA Hot Dog Stand

On Saturday, August 18th, the FCCLA Alumni & Associates held another fundraiser.  This time it was a Hot Dog Stand.  Big Daddy was quite gracious about being volunteered by his wife and daughter to grill hot dogs for 3 hours.  Here he is...hard at work.  :)  Thanks a bunch Big Daddy!

Pink Camo Toddler Blanket

I just finished the Pink Camo Toddler Blanket.

I used Red Heart WW yarn in Pink Camo, Cafe Latte, and Light Raspberry.  2 skeins of each.

I also used a size I crochet hook.  And my basic variegated square pattern.

There are 20 squares total.

Each square is 4 rounds of Pink Camo, 2 rounds of Cafe Latte, and 1 round of Light Raspberry.

The border is 1 round of dc in Light Raspberry and 1 round of sc in Cafe Latte.

FCCLA Car Wash

Last Saturday was the FCCLA Associates and Alumni Car Wash.  The money made will be used for the National Leadership Convention in Oklahoma City, OK, this coming October.

 Here are the lucky participants and their adviser.  Small T is in the front row, 3rd from the left.

And here's my beloved car getting a good scrub down.  :)  She loved it!

Complete Project Photos

I feel like I need to post photos of my last two completed projects.  I had posted photos of them in use, but not as a "whole" project.  So here they are:

 The True Blood Water Lily Blanket

The Blazing Ripple Throw

(I must admit that I use this all the time when I'm on the couch.  It's extremely warm and believe it or not, the right size to cover my legs and lap.  Small T will have to work hard to get it away from me now.)

Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Blazing Ripple Throw

I started this quick and easy ripple throw yesterday and finished it up today.  I'll post a better photo soon.  Small T wrapped herself up in it as soon as I said it was "done".  The throw is made with Lion Brand's Hometown USA yarn in the colors Houston Cream, Billings Chocolate, and Virginia Beach.  I used 10 skeins total of this yarn....2 of the off white color, 3 of the variegated light brown, and 5 of the chocolate.  And a size P hook.  The free pattern can be found on the Lion Brand website or by using this link http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90411AD.html?noImages=.  This ripple blanket is super warm but a bit smaller than I would like.  It fits Small T just fine though.

Rippling Along

I got bored with making squares yesterday....so I started a Ripple!  :)  Love it!

Pink Camo Squares

I'm currently working on my next toddler blanket.  

I'm using the same pattern as I did for the other 2 blankets.  Just switching up the yarn colors.

For this one, the yarn for the center squares is Pink Camo.

I finished up the 20th, and final square, last night and now I'm ready to start adding the 2nd color.  But I've totally screwed up.  The pink yarn I bought does NOT match.  OMG!!!!!  REALLY!!!!!  So I've did a bit of mucking around and thinking about it and have decided to use the brown color instead.  *sigh*  This means I need to make another trip soon to find a pink yarn that will work.  Oh well, I love buying new yarn! So there's a plus side to the down side.  LOL